Wallis, Duchess of Windsor

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (June 19 1896–April 24, 1986), formerly Wallis Simpson, was the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. The King's desire to marry Wallis, an American and twice divorced, caused a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom, which ultimately led to his abdication.

Previous marriages

Her first marriage in November 8, 1916 was to Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr., a hard-drinking, reportedly abusive US Navy pilot, in 1916; she divorced him in 1927. She then became the mistress of Ernest Aldrich Simpson, a mild-mannered half-English, half-American shipping executive and former captain in the Coldstream Guards, who divorced his first wife to marry her on July 21, 1928. Their union lasted until their divorce in October, 1936.

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November 8 - 1916 - Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr. - US Navy - 1927 - Ernest Aldrich Simpson - Coldstream Guards - July 21 - 1928

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